The meeting was called to order at 4:10 p.m. All departments were in
attendance except Industry and Technology and Sociology and Anthropology.

I. Minutes of the February 3, 2004 Meeting

The course number of the proposal presented by Senator Mowrey should read
WSSD 591. The Library was represented by Elaine Pease at the January 20
meeting. The Minutes of the
February 3, 2004 meeting were approved as amended.

II. Report of the Faculty Senate Chairperson

Chairperson Piperberg reported that Dr. Smith, APSCUF President does not
have a problem with the Faculty Senate conducting a referendum on the
Honor Code along with the normal APSCUF elections in the spring 2004.

Chairperson Piperberg thanked Dr. Ridley from the Special Education
Department for taking the Minutes at the February 3 meeting.

Student Senate President Kristin Albright reported that in their last
Candy and Flower Sale a profit of $40.00 was made; half of it was donated
to the St. Jude Children's Hospital. Another Candy and Flower Sale will
take place next week.

The Student Senate is running a campaign among students for voter
registration. Student Senators will be attending various conferences in
Texas. One of the Student Senators will participate in the Dance Marathon
to benefit children with cancer.

The Academic Advisor of the Year Award will be announced soon. The
nominations for Student Senate officers for next year open Monday. Dr.
Schreiber, Chair of the Honor Code Special Senate Committee presented the
proposal to the Student Senate.

IV. Report of the Graduate Student Organization--None.

V. Report of Administrative Officers

Executive Assistant to the President Phillips

The Executive Assistant to the President Phillips introduced the topic of
Web grading. Candace Deen, the registrar, explained that the University
ran a pilot project in Web grading during the Fall 2003 semester involving
seven academic departments. A summary of the pilot project including the
participants' evaluation and a user's guide was distributed. {see
Attachment #1} Any faculty member who wishes to do so, will be able
to submit grades over the Web voluntarily at the end of the Spring 2004
semester. All faculty will submit grades over the Web at the end of the
Fall 2004 semester.

Dr. Phillips reported that the Winter Session Task Force is analyzing the
student and faculty evaluations of the last Winter Session; preliminary
feedback on the 2003 - 2004 Winter Session seems to have been favorable.
For the 2002 - 2003 Winter Session, the number of students and amount of
revenue were down about 25%. For the 2003 - 2004 Winter Session,
face-to-face sessions were down 10%. Distance learning options are being
encouraged. The data collected indicate that about half of the students
that take Winter Session courses are seniors who are attempting to
graduate on time.

VI. Report of the Faculty Senate Standing Committees--None.

VII. Report of the Faculty Senate Special Committees

General Education Task Force
Senator Foster-Clark, Chair of the General Education Task Force, reported
that that a seat has opened up on the task force. Nominations will be
accepted for this seat at the March 2 meeting.

X. Discussion: Rounding vs. Truncation of Cumulative Grade Point
Average

A Luek/Blazer motion to resume rounding of the cumulative grade point
average passed without dissent. The change was suggested since Banner was
previously unable to round; a recent software upgrade has made rounding
possible and made a return to the rounding of the cumulative grade point
average advisable.

XI. Renewal of Drop/Add Policy

The continuation of the current Drop/Add policy was discussed. Two years
ago, Senate voted to have the Drop period end at the end of the first week
of class, while allowing the Add period to extend through the first two
days of the second week of classes. At the time, Senate was supposed to
revisit the issue in a year. Discussion centered on the confusion of some
students about the separation of the Drop and Add deadlines and the
concern of some Senators that allowing the addition of courses in the
second week caused the students to miss too much class time. It was
decided that student confusion could be alleviated by a concerted effort
to publicize the separation of the deadlines. The Common Calendar did not
allow adequate time to inform the students. The continuation of the
policy in its present form passed with a vote of 16 in favor and 7
against. There was some discussion about reinserting the old policy of
faculty being able to drop students from the class roster if they missed
two class meetings. This is not presently a part of the policy. An
amendment to the policy may be proposed at a future meeting.

Senator Wismer suggested that before deciding on a referendum, it might be
helpful to get the "feeling" of the Faculty Senate about the proposal.
Questions were also raised about the optional nature of the policy.
Further discussion was postponed until the next meeting to give an
opportunity for all faculty to provide feedback regarding the proposal.
It was suggested that an outline/summary of the policy might be useful.
One Senator mentioned that such a summary exists and that Dr. Schreiber
had it. Chairperson Piperberg promised to obtain the summary from Dr.
Schreiber and distribute it. The summary is attached to the Minutes.
{see
Attachment #3} Dr. Phillips also promised to supply an electronic
version of the text of the current Academic Integrity brochure. {see Attachment
#4}

XIII. Other/New Business

Senator Fenwick asked to include in the next agenda a discussion of the
snow delay policy. He promised to supply a document from the previous
discussion a few years ago. {see
Attachment #5}